Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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1 Emulated Pinocchio 5 Gas and oil 10 Puppy sound 13 Charitable gift 14 “How awful!” 16 Artist Yoko 17 Simon & Schuster, for example 20 Sch. in Charlottes­ville 21 Leave speechless 22 Path around the sun 23 Jimi Hendrix classic 27 Longtime senator Kennedy 28 Poetic “above” 29 Like stretchy waistbands 32 Spot on the tube 35 Hitching post? 37 Dove’s call 38 Rolled-up bunch of money 39 Acidity measuremen­t range ... and where you’ll find 17-, 23-, 50- and 60-Across? 41 Sing with a closed mouth 42 Memorable boxer 43 Highways and byways 44 Stinging insect 45 Solarium 47 CIA relative 49 Series-ending abbr. 50 Sort in compartmen­ts 56 Mascara mishap 58 Westernmos­t of the Aleutian Islands 59 Chicken __ 60 One’s cleanlines­s habits 64 Young Skywalker’s nickname 65 Lighter filler 66 Uncle Remus rabbit’s title 67 “Delish!” 68 Ply with alcohol 69 Shopping place

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1 Drink from a bowl 2 Candy heart words 3 Imprison 4 ISP alternativ­e 5 Kind of child or parent 6 “Yup” 7 Twin Cities suburb 8 Novelist Deighton 9 Hollywood’s __ Awards 10 “Darn tootin’!” 11 Treacherou­sly sneaky 12 Frost or Browning 15 Pi follower 18 Cruise stop 19 Disposal scraps 24 Sci-fi escape vehicle 25 Greek Zs 26 Israeli airline 30 Exist 31 Give a free pass 32 First word in Moore’s Christmas poem 33 Eatery list including 99-cent items 34 For now, in Latin 35 “Me too” 36 PC monitor type 39 Expert 40 Hula __ 44 Sob syllable 46 Early color TVs 47 “Wait a bit longer” 48 Like a bug in a rug 51 Fancy parties 52 Prefix with centric 53 Rossini work 54 No social butterfly 55 Apply, as pressure 56 Fix at the vet 57 Knock over, as a bank 61 Pencil remnant 62 Had lunch 63 PC pioneer

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By Roger and Kathy Wienberg

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